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The National tribune., 1887-06-16
THE RIFLE A NUISANCE"


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: /, too, have
read articles in the columns of your paper
against the use Of the bayOnet The bayonet
is an unmitigated nuisance, especially in the
hands Of the enemy. i never liked the looks
Of il coming toward me. It's too sharp and
peaked, and il gltters in the sun, and the fell
lows they yell so, and swing it around-oh,
it's a nuisance!
There's a fellow Of the Tooth ". Y. who
agrees with me, too, for in the battle Of Fair
Oaks he had bayOnet run right through his
body. i was green then, aud the rebel cavalry
Cancers some Of them were coming down on
us pell-mell. i slipped my bayOnet on my
gun and took that awkward position known as
guard against cavalry" when, bump, Mr..
l0eth n. Y.ran right back on me. and that bay
onet went through his side. tried 10 jerk the
old nuisance away. but i wasn't quick enough.
III these fellows that never saw a bayonet
wound will find that chap they can see one.
They never saw bayonets used, ell? Well,
j never saw bullet strike man yet, and so
the rife is a nuisancei Aad ] was nurse in
Hammond General Hospital, Beaufort, n. c.,
almost as long as Chandler was at City Point
Hospital, aud i never saw, during all that time,
any bullet wounds in my ward, or in the hos
pital, consequently there were none made dur
ing the war, and Cleveland is right In vetoing
the Dependent Pension Bill because il was all
the deadly saddle pommel" that did the bust
nessl
The rife has TO be cleaned and carried and
fed and tended like baby. Mine did, or
"cotched it," for my Captain served in the
English army in the Crimea and knew his
biz" The bayOnet should be tossed one
side-pigs and calves aud hens and turkeys
would breathe easier The rife should be
changed for the "saddle-pommel," aud each
soldier should be provided with Justice of
the Peace, certificate on file," Surgeon and
an officer or two comrades 10 watch his every
move, and afidavits taken on the spot, claim
agents on hand, citizens from his home to
prove his identity, and others 10 swear as to his
future residence disability, and political pro.
civities, aud a wheelbamowload Of flags %
! plant on capitols aud court-houscs Then LET
him ION 20 Richmond."-A. l.. MoREY, West
/ Derby, VT.
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The Battle Of Williamsburg.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / wish 10 cor
rect some of the many mistakes in that article
Of Geo. B. Mckinney, Co. 4, 9TH Mass. In the
first place, he claims the 9th Wis. belonged TO
Gen. Davidson's Brigade. The fact is, il never
was in Davidsons Brigade during the war,
temporarily orotherwise. Ii belonged on May >,
1862, 10 Gen. Hancocks Brigade Mckinney
says we crossed dam and wound our way up
a steep hillside. There was not any steep hills
near the place. The battery he speaks of went
into a small fort (earthworks) in the open field
when il first arrived, and remained there. Ii
was not in advance at all, neither did il fall
back. The 9th Wis. was not supporting the
battery in the front, or a portion of il, as he
asserts, but the whole regiment was in the front
as skirmishers, until driven in by the enemy's
line of battle. 1t then fell back through the
line Of battle Of the 9th Me- and formed in line
a short distance 10 the rear at the left Of the
fort.
lie is also mistaken about the order to fall
back. IL was given and executed before the
skirmish-line fell back through our ranks The
order 10 fall back was given in order that our
battery should not kill any of our men during
the battle, as the ground was very level.
McKenney goes on 10 state that the enemy
emerged from the woods and nearly down TO
the fort, where they formed their line. The
fact is, they formed in line before leaving the
woods and continued i'm good order until with
in about 100 yards of our line, when, having
lost 50 many in killed and wounded, they broke
and retreated
lie says at the proper time we got the famous
order. Now, gentlemen, give them the bayo-
nett" and charged up the hill. Anyone who
ever heard Gen. Hancock, knows he never gave
q military order in that style; nor was there
any hills 10 charge up. il the order had been
| given. Gen. Hancock was on the left of his
| line, near the fort, with the 9th Wis and 9th
Me. regiments. which lac knew he could depend
upon in any emergency. As soon as the fight
! ing was over he came down on the line and
compimented the 9th Me-, and said, You were
fighting just q minutes"
| Mckinney continues: "S0me one may ask
what part tho other two regiment took, and
| why were they not complimented by Gen. Nc.
Clelan. i will answer by saying, the 9th Ne
| was in the woods on the right" Now i will
say that Mckinney doesn't know anything
about the battle of Williamsburg. The 9th
! Me. was not in the woods during the day. but
was in the center Of the open field all the time
Before the order 10 fall back, il was some dis
lance directly in front of the fort After fall
ing back, il was close 10 the fort and Just to the
left, the 9th Wis being few yards in the rear
During the fighting the 9th Me- was directly
in front of the enemy, because they advanced
toward the fort.
On the 9th Of May the 9th Me- was compli
mented by Gen. Mcclellan. in person. on tn,
field, and he authorized the name Williams
burg" 30 be put upon the flag. presume b,
did the same with the other regiments engaged
The charge business is a myth.-SILAs SMITH
20. {, 9th Ne, osceola, Wash. Ter.
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EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Col. Walter
King, OF the 9TH Mo. Cav, had powerful voice.
which lac generally used instead OF a bugle in
giving commands 20 the regiment. One morn
ing about o'clock, when the boys were all
sound asleep, aud everything In camp was as
still as death, Col. King made wager with the
Paymaster that he could have the regiment i'm
line in marching order inside Of ID minutes.
lie stepped out Of his tent aud gave the COM
mand, Attention, battalion Strike tents
slant the camp was astr, and In 10 minutes the
wagons were all loaded, the camp was all
cleared, and the regiment was in line in front
Of headquarters, when We were ordered Ia
pitch tents and 60 into camp again. Then and
there is where the boys violated the command,
wherein IL says swear not at ALL" etc
ROBERT KELLEY, Co. X, 9Th, and Go. II, 18th
Mo. Cav, Leon, Iowa.
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IL
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In reference
20 the death of Maj.-Gen. Sedgwick 1 have
seen two statements of it-one from Comrade
IL. +. Andrews, OF the 10th Me- and the other
from Comrade J. G. Taylor IT,, Co D. lfth Y.
D., who, think, has the best recollection of
the matter As j claim 10 be the last man who
ever spoke 10 him while living those who were
at that fatal spot will, j think, agree with my
version OF il.
There was an old road which ran through the
woods TO clearing la front of our line and
about 500 yards across tho clearing stood an old
chimney, which concealed the sharpshooter who
bred tie fatal shot that killed Gen Scdgwick
While myself with the pioneers Of the Third
Division, Sixth Corps, were engaged in throw
ing up works TO plant piece of artillery 10
shell the chimney, Gen. Morris, Of the 9th n
u. III. A., WAS coming over our works from the
lett and was shot through the leg. Col Schall
aud myself carried him back TO Third Division
headquarters, left him with the doctors. and
went back 10 the works
few minutes later Gen. Soagwick came
walking up the old road alone, and seeing nv
self and some pioneers standing behind trees.
he told I'd. Reynolds, Of Co r. 9th Nd 10 90
20 work, rs they could not hit AN elephant al
that distance"
j spoke to him, and said, General don't
go mp There Tor there is a sharpshooter be-
hlnd that chimney who just shot Gen Morris "
lie paid no attention 10 my warning, but
walked about 20 PAGES, when j saw another
pun Of smoke at the chimney, aud Gen Sedg.
wick threw up both hands and fcl backward
uttcring one loud oh" When we got to hin
lac was dead the ball struck him in the face 1,
the left of the nose
There were, think, four OF five moro mel
shot 10y the same sharpshooter within half an
hour Then We got piece OF artillery in posi-
hoh Dehihd the works just built, and shel
was thrown through the Chimney that l,poclzet
ltdown' aud suppose killed the sharpshootcr
as there were no more shots from that quarter
Gen. scdgwlck was not mounted when shot
j.. 5. NOVEL, Breyct Major, and CAPTAIN. Co
J., 9th Md, aud Chief of Pioneers Third Di
vision, Sixth Corps, 30th and Columbia Ave.
philadelphia Pa
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shots Aimed at the White House.

Robert B. Wilson, Captain, Co. H. sd H.,
MOweaqua, ILL.,, says he could not have reaped
any benefit from the Dependent Pension Bill,
but he feels keenly the injustice done by the
veto to many thousands of needy and deserving
comrades. He cites at length the case of Geo.
Smith, 4lst H., who served four years, was
honorably discharged, and then served five
years in the Regular Army. He was disabled
by an accident, and is now wholly unable to
support himself His time is divided between
his friends and the pOOrhOuse.
Mrs. NJ. F. Howe, Temple Mills, Me-, says
she does not blame the President az much as
many do for vetoing the pension bill, because
she thinks it was not calculated to do justice
and meet the demands Of the deserving sol
diers.
Thos. NJ. Purcell, Co. G., 9Th Cal, Santa Ana,
CAL, speaks very bitterly Of the Presidents ac-
ton in vetoing the pension bill.
David III. Myers, Co. A. 10Th Pa. Cav, Knobs
vile. Pa, says that with very few exceptions
the ex-sOldiers in that vicinity condemn in I'M
measured terms the veto of the pension bill by
the President
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Lost and Found.

the President.
lost and Found.
s. NJ. Guy, Commander, Jabes Post, No. Isl,
Department of Ohio, Greenville o., has the
discharges Of the following soldiers. which may
be had by addressing him: John Hughes, Co.
b, s9th Ohio; David A. West, Co. I. 18th v. r.;
Charles G. Heck, Co. b. 3ith Ind; Irwin III.
Whitman, Second Lieutenant, nth Ind. bat
terry. These discharges were in the possession
of Capt Charles Matchett late of the 10th Ohio.
deceased, and it is not known where the above
named persons are
W. s. Shorb Scott River, Cal, Co. @. 18th
Kan. Cav, left his discharge in 1868 with A.
Bushwiller, Portland, Ore, for collection of
bounty, but has never received either. He
heard the discharge had been sent to Charles
Jenkins. New York city. He would be glad
to have information concerning it.
John II. Douglas, Co. @. lst Me. Fl. A., Bar
Harbor, Me-, offers liberal reward for the re-
turn of the diary which was in his clothes
when they were taken from him while he was
in the hospital, wounded, at City Point, Va, in
June, 1864. He would like the address of the
lady nurse who wrote a letter for him to his
friends at home.
Willard Sweet, Co. I, 81 Mich. Cheney, Kan,
lost his knapsack, containing his first discharge,
charge he will be very glad to receive it.
Z. r. G.. Saltes, Fort Omaha. Neb., Drum
Major, I'd U. S. Cav, has the discharge of Jas.
Valentine who enlisted in the 9th U. S. Inf
Sept. %, 1884, and was discharged at Whipple
Barracks by reason of the expiration Of his
term.
George Tompkins, 3H Ontario St., Cleveland
o., has a silver medal presented to Serg't t. F..
Kearney, Battery ID, 1st U. s. Art, for gallant
conduct at Fort Sumter, Fort Wagner and Fort
| Gregg by Gen. @. A. Gilmore. COmrade Kear-
ney or any of his friends can have the medal
| by addressing as above.
| Daniel SINNERS, Co. F, s0th Ohio, Tracy, o.,
says that in May, 1865, he having been dis
charged from Grant General Hospital, Willet's
| Point, New York Harbor. went to the baggage
room of the hospital to get his knapsack, which
he left there three months before. 1t was gone,
and he has never heard from it. 1t contained
much valuable clothing, and if this should
catch the eye Of the man who took it the writer
would be glad for a return of its contents.
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Mrs. General Sbs,ms,

wife Of the General Of the United States Army,
says: ! have frequently purchased Durang's
Rheumatic Remedy for friends suffering with
Rheumatism, and in every instance il worked
like magic" This great remedy is taken in-
tenally and c9res quickly thoroughly and
permanently the worst case in existence that
medicine will reach. Write for free 40-page
pamphlet TO u. h. Helphenstine, Druggist,
Washington, ID. q
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A So Washing Machine Free.

To introduce them we will give away 900
OF our celebrated self-operating washing ma
chimes. No wash-board or rubbing required.
II you want one send your name at once 10
Monarch Laundry works. 81 Warren ST.. N. Y.
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Around Chattanooga.

J. c. Deegan. Co. G, 10th H., Ransom, H..
fully agrees with Comrade Shellenberger, 9th
Ohio, in his criticism on the article of Gen. ID.
ii. Hill (COnfederate), in the April Century, in
regard to the repulse of Longstreets Corps at
Cbickamauga.
J. q. Essington, Co. ID, 18th Ind. NOblesville,
Ind. was pleased with the article from Com
rade Shellenberger, 9th Ohio Madison, Wis,
on Chickamauga, and says it was correct in
every particular.
J. t. Watkins, Co. A. 9Th KY, Messy Creek,
Tenn, says he supposed the communication of
Capt John Wilson, 9Th KY, describing so cor
rectly the planting of the first flag on Lookout
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Comrade John c. Taylor, No. II Allen Place,
Hartford. Conn, will employ few comrades to
exhibit his real mar rieUs, actual photographs
made at the front" from 1861 TO rs. Write
10 him for particulars.
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Gen. Walker.

s. ii. Thomas, Co. III, 9th Ohio, Kimball,
OAK, distinctly remembers the circumstances
connected with the capture of Ger. Walker, and
he knows that he was wounded and taken pris-
Oner by members of Co. c, 9th Ohio. The
writer was occupying rifle-pt just to the right
of Co c, and saw and heard the whole thing.
John Woods, st. Lawrence, OAK, insists that
Gen. Walker was wounded and captured by the
9th Ohio on the peket-line at Bermuda Hun
dred. He says that Maj. Stawits of the Tooth
N. Y, is greatly in error when he claims the
capture for his regiment.
w. K. Whiting, Co. G.. 9th Conn, 3l3 State St.,
Bridgeport, Conn.,, says that Gen. Walker was
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wounded and taken prisoner by the 9th Ohio,
and not by the Tooth y. z.
The YickSburx campairu.

The Yieksburg Campaign.
A. j. Maxwell, Co. /, 32d Ohio, Chetopa,
Kan, returns to the subject of the guns cap
tured at Champion Hills, and insists that they
were taken by the sd Ohio.
f. z. Hays, Co. X, ed Ohio, Warsaw, o.,
asks Capt Yoste, Lieut.. Cox, or any member of
Co. +, ed Ohio, to which was given the bat
terry captured at Champion Hills, how many
guns they got, what kind they were, how they
got them off the field, and what regiments con-
stituded the brigade. :. He would like a sketch
of the battery after Co. + took charge Of it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-01

creating the board of court house and city
hall commissions, and find the action of the
conference with the board of education few
days ago is unauthorized.
The court house board under the law evil
IDENTITY cannot delegate its authority to fix q
price to arbitrators, as was proposed. / am
also disposed to think the board of education
is so restrained by its charter. BY the court
house act, section 5, its board is authorized
10 enter into such arrangements for the sale
as il can with the board of education, and
bonds or q sale on time. In case this cannot
be agreed on the authority is given to con-
denim the school grounds.
There is certainly some brilliant legisla-
ton here. Everybody knows that school
property Is public property and cannot be
condemned. BY section IL bonds are uutho
riZed, but they are only to be a lien upon the
land when full title is acquired to every part
or block n; but by section II the counter
signing of bonds by the comptroller is to be
conclusive evidence of their validity.
1t is altogether likely the court house
board and board of education will now have
to agree among themselves as to price and
time of payment.
Ed A. Stevens, in compiling the city
charter, has found several humorous
plumbers. One of these was in relation
to the water board, the original act say
ing "they commissioners shall not re-
ceive compensation for their services
and shall be Interested in no contract"
When it was amended to permit of a
salary the language was so vague as to
require that commissioner shall be in
interested in contracts made with the
board
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-01
"BEAR"-KNUCKLE FIGHT.
Mysterious Stranger From Anoka
- ---His Museum Experience.

IVA StefiOuS Stranger FROM AnOka
:, ,---His Museum Experience.
There was wild and a weird
sight" at, the dime museum yesterday
afternoon. The cowboy fiddler has an
educated bear, which has been taught
to climb pole, chew gum, and allow
the wind to blow through its
whiskers. Just as the warm
rays of the setting sun were tinting the
oriel moreSque windows at the rear of
the building, amySteriOuS stranger from
AnOka stood at the entrance of CuriO
hall-he had come up by the stairway,
He gaZed about at the collection of
wonders from the antipodes, and his
''white teeth cleaned in the semi
darkness" as his glance took in
the congregation of Reubens and Jays.
Suddenly he saw the bear. He struck
an attitude of Self-defenSe, as did also
the bear. In the language
of the Journal sporting reporter, the
fight by rounds was as follows:
Round One-The Mysterious Stranger from
Anoka led with his left dnke on the bears
kisser and delivered an effective right-hand
body swing. He next rushed the bear to the
ropes when
Suddenly there was wild and fiend-
iSh yell and the cowboy, proprietor of
the bear, dropped his Stradi-varius and
alighted upon the head of the Mysterious
Stranger. He got in a number of upper
cuts, straight arm deliveries and back
handed swings on various portions of
the anatomy of the M. S., who was
pulled out from under the monkey cage
and escorted down the stairs to the
street, where he was gathered in by a
policeman and taken to the lookup.
And the bear said not word.
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LAUGH AT THE POLICE.
Burglars Numerous in Various
Parts of the City--No Arrests.
II may he that the indr ST i0nS hIrmlar

Burglars Numerous in Various
Parts of the City--No Arrests.
1t may be that the industrious burglar
is less fearful of the Inspector than
of the ''detective," or it may be that the
Tribune'S general invitation to the
thieves and thugs of the land is just
now bearing fruit; at all events, the city
seems pretty well filled up with burg
lars, and from the fact that the nocturnal
work is being piled in several quarters
at once, it seems there is more.
than one gang of them. The
Eighth ward is the chosen ground of
operation-or has been for the past
three nights, until the good people out
there organized a vigilance committee.
Last night, householders along First
and Stevens avenue, beyond Lake,
promenaded back porches with shot
guns loaded with slugs, and finally went
to bed with an arsenal under each pill
low. A warm reception awaits the next
burglar in that vicinity. On Sunday
were committed along First. Second and
Stevens avenues, in the locality men,
toned.
On Saturday night burglars broke
into grocery on Lyndale avenue,
above Twenty third, in the Third ward,
but got nothing of value, Before quit
ting the premises they went through
the house and took 81 from the panta-
looms hanging near the bead in which
the owner was sleeping. On Monday
night two sets of harness were stolen
from George Falconer'S, Oh Lyndale and
Twenty-siXth street. Other robberies
the localities have not been given out.
1sNO arrests ,,
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PERMITS TO PEDDLE.
The Police Commission Has an
Opinion Upon Them.

At the meeting of the police commits
sion yesterday J. G. Jacoby, represent
ing the Montefere society, asked that
certain poor Israelites should be granted
free license to peddle, as otherwise they
will be unable to support themselves
and will become city charges. He con-
strued the law to read that the mayor
should have the power to issue permits,
but wished to consult the commission
ers in order that the matter might be
talked over in advance. Of course the
suggestion that the mayor should have
any powers whatever was objected to.
Commissioner Baker did not
want any permits granted, but
thought the sum necessary to purchase
license should be adj anced out of the
poor fund in worthy cases. 1t was eX-
planned to him that there was no such
thing as poor fund and he subsidized.
No action was taken on Mr.. Jacoby'S
request. The mayor called attention to
the law, which said that the executive
should issue permits, and not the super
intendent of police. Supt. Helm was
summoned before the board, and said
he had issued two permits to peddle.
He was instructed to have them can
celed. The case of Patrolman Ilstrum,
charged with refusing to make an az
rest, was investigated and he was re-
moved from the force Sergt. John
Norman was suspended from the force,
pending the investigation of the charge
of refusing to- arrest made against him
bV PatrOlman C,rattaO